Diary Dates & Themes

2017 Dates:11 October St. Monica - perseverance in prayer.15 November The role of remembering to help us move forward.13 December The Role of Joseph in the Christmas Nativity and beyond.

2018 Dates:17 January Resolutions in light of the joy of the Gospel.21 February St. Ignatius and the Loved Sinner.14 March St. Theresa of Avila - how her life and suffering can inspire us today.18 April St. Francis of Assisi. How each one of us can be moved by what he did and what he said.16 May St. Catherine of Siena - “Be who God meant you to be you will set the world on fire“.

Evenings of Prayer & Reflection

The Lord holds us in the palm of His hands.Come, let us adore The Lord.

The Liturgy & Spirituality Group warmly invite you to spend a short time in prayer to reflect and pray on a variety of themes.

A series of themed Evenings of Reflection and Prayer will be held between 11 October 2017 and 16 May 2018.

Led by Carol Ann McLaren & Catherine Nolan, all sessions will be held onWednesday evenings in the Parish Hall7pm - 8.15pm.Please feel free to attend on one or more of these evenings.

We look forward to seeing you... All are very welcome!

REFLECTION THEMES:

11/10/17 St. Monica

St. Monica prayed endlessly for her son St. Augustine. She is therefore close to the heart of all mothers. We will pray for all our young people too and also find something within our own hearts for which we are persevering in prayer.

15/11/17 Remembering

During this time of All Souls and All Saints we do a lot of remembering. During this evening we will look at how remembering can help us to move forward in our prayer life and so find our burden less heavy. We will be using scripture and music to aid us.

13/12/17 St. Joseph

We can somehow almost forget St. Joseph as we celebrate Christmas and the Nativity. Tonight we will look at Joseph’s life through scripture and perhaps find some inspiration for our own lives.

31/01/18* (revised date) Resolutions - The Joy of the Gospel

Our New Year’s resolutions tend to be something we need to do better - lose weight, read more, eat more veg etc. We tend to focus on the negative. This year we will be looking at resolutions filled with joy! A new year is a time to celebrate and that joy could be with us the whole year if we looked at what God wanted for us!

21/02/18Lent with St. Ignatius

Tonight we let St. Ignatius take us on a journey towards being a loved sinner. We will take a small part of Ignatius’ Exercises to perhaps help us to think about sin in a different way during this Lent.

14/03/18 St. Teresa of Avila

St. Teresa has so much to teach us today. In this troubled and manic world her famous words “Let nothing disturb you... God alone is enough” could not be more true.

18/04/18 St. Francis of Assisi

Tonight we look at the life of St. Francis and perhaps in the present time we need his prayers even more. Even the Holy Father took his name. Through prayer and music we will allow this great Saint to inspire us.

16/05/18St. Catherine of Siena

Tonight we gaze with wonder at a Doctor of the church, the saint of Popes and the Patron Saint of Europe, including especially Italy. We wonder at her strength and courage given to her by God. We are inspired by her prayers and her writings and especially what she has to say to the Church today. The Church needs her prayers more than ever.

Each evening is open to EVERYONE - come along, you just might be surprised!